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Alexander Korshunov

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Alexandr Korshunov
Алекса́ндр Ви́кторович Ко́ршунов
Chairman and Speaker of the Supreme Council of Transnistria
Assumed office
6 February 2019
PresidentVadim Krasnoselsky
Prime MinisterAleksandr Rozenberg
Preceded byAlexander Shcherba
Deputy of the Supreme Council of Transnistria
Assumed office
12 December 2010
Personal details
Born
Alexandr Viktorovich Korshunov

(1968-04-02) 2 April 1968 (age 56)
Bălți, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyObnovlenie (since 2007)
Awards
Police career
Country Transnistria
DepartmentMinistry of Internal Affairs of Transnistria
BranchBender
Service years1992 — 1996
RankLieutenant

Alexandr Viktorovich Korshunov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ви́кторович Ко́ршунов; born 2 April 1968) is a Transnistrian Obnovlenie politician. He has been Chairman and Speaker of the Transnistrian Supreme Council since 2019.[1]

Earlier life

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Koshunov was born on 2 April 1968 in the city Bălți in the Moldavian SSR.[2][3] In 1974, the family moved to Bender.[3]

In 1985 he graduated from high school and then studied at Kharkov Aviation Institute in the Ukrainian SSR. He graduated in 1991 with honours in the speciality of engineer-technologist of radio-electronic equipment.[3]

From 1992 to 1996 he served as a police lieutenant in the city of Bender.[3]

In 1999 he studied at the Belgorod University of Cooperation, Economics and Law in Russia, graduating in 2002 with a law degree.[3] In June 2011 he graduated Belgorod State National Research University, majoring in state and municipal government.[3]

Political career

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He began his political career as a deputy on Bender City Council of People's Deputies between 2010 and 2020.[3][4] He served as the Chairman of the Standing Deputy Commission on Industry, Architecture, Municipal Property and Land.[3]

On 12 December 2010, he was elected to the Supreme Council of the Transnistria as a Obnovlenie deputy.[3]

On 29 November 2015, he was re-elected to the Supreme Council.[3] He headed the parliamentary committee on economic policy, budget and finance. On 6 February 2019, he was elected Chairman of the Supreme Council.[3]

On 29 November 2020, he was re-elected as a deputy of the Supreme Council, and elected as chairman and speaker once more on 8 December 2020.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ "Коршунов избран спикером парламента Приднестровья VII созыва". ИА REGNUM (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-03-18.
  2. ^ "Nikolay Serpukhov: Miliția transnistreană și rolul ministrului de interne Ruslan Mova în asigurarea siguranței populației / Милиция Приднестровья и роль министра внутренних дел Руслана Мовы в безопасности населения" [Nikolay Serpukhov: Transnistrian militia and the role of Interior Minister Ruslan Mova in ensuring the safety of the population]. Laboratory for the analysis of the Transnistrian conflict (in Romanian). 22 June 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Александр Коршунов избран председателем Верховного Совета" [Alexander Korshunov elected Chairman of the Supreme Council]. Novosti Pridnestrovya (in Russian). 6 February 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Alexander Korshunov, "Local self-government bodies are the main institution for the formation of democratic state"". The Supreme Council of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Коршунов избран спикером парламента Приднестровья VII созыва" [Korshunov elected Speaker of the Parliament of Transnistria of the VII convocation]. IA REGNUM (in Russian). 8 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  6. ^ "Председателем парламента Приднестровья после выборов вновь стал Александр Коршунов" [After the election, Alexander Korshunov became chairman of the Transnistrian parliament]. TASS (in Russian). 8 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2024.